No-one really seems to care about matching tyres here?
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This was my theory, however some people in this thread made me second guess myself.
Moral of the story.
Don't listen to trolls on the internet.
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Wow your rear tyres are a whole 10mm wider!
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Britain has a "**** it that'll do" attitude.
You just have to look at a rover to know that
You just have to look at a rover to know that
Britain has a "**** it that'll do" attitude.
You just have to look at a rover to know that
Oi! Whats wrong with my Rover
. I like it.
I've actually managed not to wade into an arguement about cheap types. How unusual for me.
I wouldn't say the rears do sod all, I wouldn't want the rear of my car trying to overtake me at every opportunity.
Where's that fifth gear video with that annoying little midget demonstrating the difference between a grippy rear end on a fwd to a grippy front end?
I wouldn't say the rears do sod all, I wouldn't want the rear of my car trying to overtake me at every opportunity.
Where's that fifth gear video with that annoying little midget demonstrating the difference between a grippy rear end on a fwd to a grippy front end?
What than yours or the 520i ? Oh and you forgot about my brakes
Decent brakes are only worth having over 'normal' brakes on a car with decent tyres, otherwise they'll just lock the tyres and ABS will result in next to no difference between uprated and normal brakes.
I haven't noticed any negative effect by running 1 Continental Sport Contact with 3 Michellin energy on mine.
My dad's cars always have 4 different tyres, didn't seem to have bother him for over 30 years. Just buys the cheapest rubber available and only when the thread is nearly completely worn ( up to the 1.6mm things) on that tyre.
My dad's cars always have 4 different tyres, didn't seem to have bother him for over 30 years. Just buys the cheapest rubber available and only when the thread is nearly completely worn ( up to the 1.6mm things) on that tyre.
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Perhaps the tyre industry in the US has managed to convince them to keep identical tyres on all 4 corners, something which on average will sell more tyres...
Keep the same tyres on an axle and you'll be fine. I've performed an emergency stop in the wet and dry in my 1st car on 4 different tyres, I didn't spin out of control and die, maybe on something better than my 1st car (95% of cars on the road) you would, I don't know.
Keep the same tyres on an axle and you'll be fine. I've performed an emergency stop in the wet and dry in my 1st car on 4 different tyres, I didn't spin out of control and die, maybe on something better than my 1st car (95% of cars on the road) you would, I don't know.
It essence it boils down to this though ...I don't care what crap you come up with to say otherwise (when I say you, I mean generally, not anyone in particular) ...having four matched and good quality tyres on your car is always better than driving around with miss-matched or el-cheapo Ling Long tyres of ditch-finding doom. And it isn't a massive cost either, to progress from rubbish to decent tyres, if you can't afford it, you can’t afford to run your car, basically.
Fitting decent quality tyres to your car and making sure they are always in serviceable condition, (along with the rest of your car) is a responsibility to others as much as yourself.
I don't want to sound like I'm preaching, but sometimes it seems to be necessary (maybe someone who thought otherwise will listen, I doubt it, but it can't hurt to try). Besides, I know what I am saying is true anyway.
Fitting decent quality tyres to your car and making sure they are always in serviceable condition, (along with the rest of your car) is a responsibility to others as much as yourself.
I don't want to sound like I'm preaching, but sometimes it seems to be necessary (maybe someone who thought otherwise will listen, I doubt it, but it can't hurt to try). Besides, I know what I am saying is true anyway.
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I disagree, there is no need to spend 80 a corner rather than 15 per corner at a scrappy/breakers yard unless you drive like erm, me, or quickly... People who do at most 2/3rd the speed people who drive fast through corners, don't need to spend 5 times as much on tires...
Yes it is.
I'm pretty sure it isn't.
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I got new tyres on the front of my vectra and swapped them with the rear wheels about 100 miles later. (to try and identify source of vibration, even after wheel balancing - monkey claimed my wheel was buckled - turned out he just couldn't balance a wheel after trying twice ) Once I had done this the car became ridiculously and dangerously loose at the front, in terms of braking, steering and accelerating. It was wet that day and it was scary the lack of grip. I immediately went to another garage and got 2 new tyres on the front and that cured the vibration and the grip issue.
